The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was a more difficult film for me to watch. Although it did a really good job of telling the story and the use of music to intensify scenes, it was still difficult for me to follow at some points. Without narrative in a movie with a lot of things going on, I found myself getting lost. After researching the movie and hearing what the meaning is, I did think that it was a good movie for its time.
1. What is the essential story? The story follows two men, Francis and Alan, at a carnival. They meet a man, Cesare, who says he can see into the future. He said the future for him and his friend was that Alan would die and that did come true. This makes Cesare the suspect for the death, but in the end we see none of this was true.
2. How does the film tell its story? The film tells its story through different shapes and angles, along with the music to amplify scenes. the music can be heard when something is going to happen.
3. What conventions of cinematic storytelling does it use? The film uses camera angles and plot twist to help tell the story.
4. Explain the final plot twist. The plot twist is that Francis, Alan, and Cesare are all in an insane asylum and the story was all an illusion.
5. How does the final plot twist comment upon cinematic storytelling? The final plot twist comments upon cinematic storytelling by tying everything together in the end of the movie. It completely changes the audiences view of the movie at the end.
6. What do set designs sy about early film making? The set designs were everything for early film making. They used these sets to give the audience the perception of objects being further or closer than they appear.
7. What do set designs imply about stories and storytelling? Set designs are there to enhance a scene and show what type of area the character is in.
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